v. 25B6; verb
Benjamin abstained from wine : REFRAIN, desist, hold back, forbear; give up, renounce, avoid, shun, eschew, forgo, go without, do without; refuse, decline; informal cut out; formal abjure.
most pregnant women abstain, or drink very little : BE TEETOTAL, take the pledge; informal be on the wagon.
262 voted against, 38 abstained : NOT VOTE, decline to vote.